VOX POPULI: Celebrating the arrival of spring the same way as in ‘Tale of Genji’

February 5, 2024

VOX POPULI: Abe faction’s ‘amended’ funds report is simply worthless

February 3, 2024

VOX POPULI: Living languages mean that each dictionary is a work in progress

February 2, 2024

VOX POPULI: Time stands still in ‘overlooked’ areas one month after earthquake

February 1, 2024

VOX POPULI: Kishida’s policy speech was all modifiers and no real substance

January 31, 2024

VOX POPULI: Broccoli taking root as essential vegetable shows changing times

January 30, 2024

VOX POPULI: Nearing death, a wanted man is trying to reclaim his real name

January 29, 2024

VOX POPULI: LDP slush fund scandal narrated as contemporary folk tale

January 27, 2024

VOX POPULI: Tragedies like the Kyoto arson should never happen again

January 26, 2024

VOX POPULI: Age is more than just a number when it comes to electing leaders

January 25, 2024

VOX POPULI: Author Masuji Ibuse praised Noto after his travels there

January 24, 2024

VOX POPULI: British TV drama on post office scandal delivers a blow for justice

January 23, 2024

VOX POPULI: JAXA pulled off a beautiful and inspiring landing on the moon

January 22, 2024

VOX POPULI: LDP’s pledge to dissolve its factions simply not credible

January 20, 2024

VOX POPULI: Politicians will invariably spout more inane phrases this year

January 19, 2024

VOX POPULI: Fukuoka park keeps a slain young woman’s dreams alive

January 18, 2024

VOX POPULI: Survivor of the Great Hanshin Earthquake reflects on duty

January 17, 2024

VOX POPULI: Poems by Gen Z students reflect the era’s defining struggles

January 16, 2024

VOX POPULI: Members of LDP reform task force unlikely to turn over a new leaf

January 15, 2024

VOX POPULI: More heartbreak as Wajima mulls mass evacuation of youngsters

January 13, 2024

VOX POPULI: Okinawans once again oppressed as work begins on new U.S. base

January 12, 2024

VOX POPULI: A last toast to Aki Yashiro, whose ballads spoke to lonely hearts

January 11, 2024

VOX POPULI: Recalling Kakuei Tanaka’s thorny legacy from his burned ‘palace’

January 10, 2024

VOX POPULI: Survivors of the New Year’s Day quake struggling in the bitter cold

January 9, 2024

VOX POPULI: Quake disaster in Ishikawa bringing out the best in people

January 8, 2024

VOX POPULI: Renewing my pledge as ‘Tensei Jingo’ turns 120 years old

January 6, 2024

VOX POPULI: Providing correct information is essential in wake of major disaster

January 5, 2024

VOX POPULI: Horrific scenes at Haneda Airport; may they never be repeated

January 4, 2024

VOX POPULI: A killer quake on New Year’s Day; who would have thought?

January 3, 2024

VOX POPULI: The world is a stage and the curtain has risen on the year 2024

January 2, 2024